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When one thinks of Vikings, lavish dinner parties are probably not the first thing that come to mind. But in today's Academic Minute, Baylor University's Davide Zori tells us that vikings were really into parties.

The Academic Minute features professors from top institutions around the country, delving into topics from the serious to the light-hearted, keeping listeners abreast of what's new and exciting in the academy.

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On our Jan. 16 program, Gail Mellow of LaGuardia Community College and Robert Kelchen of Seton Hall University join Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik and "This Week" moderator Casey Green to analyze the Obama administration's proposal to make community college free nationally. And in our other segment, two former college presidents and foundation officials, William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin, discuss their recent book urging a reboot of academic governance.

The more we learn about human sexuality, the more complicated it seems. In today's Academic Minute, Brock University's Anthony Bogaert chronicles an often-overlooked section of human sexuality: asexuality.

Discussion of presidential executive orders has proved to be a recurring topic of late. In today's Academic Minute, Gettysburg College's Shirley Anne Warshaw provides a historical analysis of this political process.

When a revolution occurs and the acting government of a nation is overthrown, what happens next? In today's Academic Minute, the University of Scranton's Mike Allison discusses the aftereffects of revolution and his research on the effectiveness of newly instated governments.